Orb Spider

The spider was spinning its victim round quite fast wrapping it in silk. It

is lit by early morning sun, please tell me what you think as I am new to

macro work.

Probably you have used telephoto lens to focus from a distance, very shallow DOF is an indication for that. Some part of this photogrph is a little hazy. That may be due to very shallow DOF or may be due to slow shutter speed or both. Quality could have been increased by appoaching nearer so that DOF increases a bit to overall focus the object and also the light increases so that shutter speed could have been increased to take care of movement of the object. But DOF should not increase that much since a diffused background is essential.

PDE

This photo was taken with a Canon 180mm Macro lense. The spider is much smaller than a 5 pence piece and was moving quite a lot. The apperture is F11 and the DOF was very small. It is difficult to get all in focus if the subject is not in the same plane, spiders are not quite the right shape for that. I thought it was the right thing to do to get its face in focus and the poor victim showing movement. I appreciate you taking your time to comment, thank you.

Macro lens & Tele-photo lens both are basically used for magnification and are characterised by low DOF photographs, where Macro is used for very high magnification which is generally not possible by Tele-photo. And to capture a sharp picture of a moving object basically we have to increase the shutter speed. What remains in our hand are the external light, lens opening (aperture), ISO setting & skill of the photographer. You have tried really very well and what I have failed to mention is the light which is excellent. Regards,

Excellent macro shot.

Sometimes little blurring magnifies the beauty of the image, specially here.

Regards.

Excellent capture Ian.The motion blurr & light has given this picture a height.Thanks for sharing.

Best wishes..Kallol.